From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1977 (University of Sevilla)Position Professor of ResearchDepartment The Estacion Biologica de Doñana, SevillaOrganization Research Institute of the Spanish CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) ESA Honorary Membership Award for 2002 When did you become interested in ecology?In retrospect, I think it was a consequence…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 2006Position Graduate Student at UCSCOrganization University of California, Santa CruzMurray F. Buell Award for 2004 When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology?I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t interested in biology. I grew up…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. 1967 (Cornell University) Position Professor Department Biology Department Organization Paine College, Augusta GA When did you become interested in ecology? About 1961; Dr. Lincoln P. Brower, who became my major field professor at Amherst College (had me as a student assistant for field…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Organization University of Turku, Finland Honorary Member Award 2005 Since my early childhood I have been interested in nature, especially birds. During the school years. I used far too much time bird watching relative to studying. Furthermore, because neither my parents nor any…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1985 (Arizona State University)Position ProfessorDepartment School of Life SciencesOrganization Arizona State University When did you get interested in ecology?Although I have always enjoyed the outdoors, I was not a budding ecologist growing up. I went to college with no earthly idea of what I…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004.Degree Ph.D. 1985 (University of Washington)Position Executive Director & ProfessorDepartment Big Sky Institute for Science and Natural HistoryOrganization Montana State University When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? As an undergraduate, I had a terrible…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. 2000 (University of Washington) Position Research Associate Department Department of Botany Organization University of Vermont W.S. Cooper Award for 2005 When did you get interested in ecology? Who was most influential in guiding you into ecology? I have always enjoyed traveling and…
From an “Ecologist Directory” maintained by the ESA Education Office about 2004-2005. Profile circa 2004. Degree Ph.D. Position Professor of Ecosystem Analysis Department College of Forest Resources Organization University of Washington When did you become interested in ecology? I got interested in ecology when I was about 8 years old but I didn’t know what it was called. We began…